The next four days will be grueling.

[hrmjustin]

I will be pulling 12-15 hour days at my church. No the services are not that long but I am working in the kitchen as well preparing the food for the next few days. The good thing is I will be the bartender at the receptions so i will be close to the booze. We are Episcopalians so there has to be booze.

[cbayer]

1. I hope they are great days for you.

Enjoy the time with your community and a very, very Happy Easter to you.

See you on the other side!

[hrmjustin]

2. Are you going to service cbayer?

[cbayer]

7. I am currently in a community of about 200 people and there is no religious structure

of any type.

However, I think that there will probably be an interfaith gathering of some sort and will look for a sign (literally, not figuratively, lol). Whether I actually get there or not is another question, as it will most likely be at sunrise.

Quite the opposite of you, clearly.

[hrmjustin]

8. I wish I could have the simple.

Remember that Jesus said when two or three are gathered in my name I will be among them. I wish you a Happy and Holy Holiday!!!

[kentauros]

3. Two suggestions to endure it:

Wear some good shoes, and have some good music going
I've worked in a bakery and a cafeteria, so I know good shoes are a must. Sometimes music gets drowned out, yet it's still nice to have a radio or media player around.

Best of all, though, is to have fun, and put your love into your work and culinary creations

[hrmjustin]

4. Thank you Kentauros!

[grantcart]

5. Well if you were Presbyterian you wouldn't have to worry about attending the bar but there would be

no alcohol.

I remember when I was 18 and on the Session someone retold of a Presbyterian Church that had served beer at a social engagement.

It was met with a deafening silence.

Holy Week would be an especially severe event.

Not only did the Savior die but you personally denied him three times, just like Peter did.

That's enough to make you want a drink IMO.

[hrmjustin]

6. There is no such thing as a dry event at an Episcopal Church.

There is a rule of the diocese that someone has to be there to pour the alcohol.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. ah, that brings back memories (or lack thereof)!

[okasha]

10. I don't know about your congregation,

but Episcopal churches I'm familiar with use wine that's about twenty percent alcohol. Back in the days before The Eucharistic ministers could help, the celebrant had to drink any extra in the chalice himself. Bishop Benitez way overconsecrated for Midnight Mass one year and went back down the aisle having a very, very merry Christmas.

[hrmjustin]

11. We use 20% sherry.

We have four chalices so the left over wine is not consumed until after mass in the sacristy by several people. Sometimes my rector will ask us to finish most of the chalice before she does the ablution. We drink after at brunch anyway so it has no effect on me. We are serving wine at our receptions this weekend and I have to pour the wine because the diocese requires someone from the church pour all alcohol at church events.